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' <br />TO: <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MR. DICK <br />BIRD CHAIRMAN <br />FROM: <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />FARM BUREAU BOARD'^| DIRECTORS; <br />JOB- TILLMAN, <br />TOM FORTSON, WILL'MARKERv <br />DAVID <br />UNTER, <br />LEX KROMHOUT, <br />VERNON ALLISON, <br />JANIE GRAVES, <br />RANDY GEXTONv <br />JR., SAM PRYORv <br />JOEL KEEN, ED JONES, <br />DUDLEY CLYATT, <br />TOM HEARNDON <br />' <br />DATE: <br />JUNE 59 1987 <br />RE: <br />COUNTY FAIR <br />' ` <br />' <br />Sir" <br />^ <br />' <br />D6ar Mr, and'County Commissioners: <br />' <br />Upon hearing the news of tentative plans for next ye rs Fair <br />being run by an Amusement yompany, probably being called "A <br />Festival" and having no commercial exhibits and anyonG want- <br />ing to exhibit must rent their own tent 4-H or otherwise, we- <br />don't <br />edon't feel the turnout would be near as large as a bigger <br />faii. We understand this past year did not do as well as <br />expected. ' <br />We feel several factors caused this. For one, the Fair being <br />in March, or possibly April next years, is too-lat n the <br />year. It is at the tail end of the fair season on the , <br />Treasure Coast. People from this county, as well as other <br />counties who attend ours as we do theirs, are "Faired out", <br />tired of fairs and spending their money. We feel we should <br />have a January or February fair every year and it shduld be a <br />"County Fair", run by the county for the Fairgrounds to <br />maintain and build up a real County Fairground we can all be <br />proud of. � <br />The Firemen have done a wonderful job of starting and build- <br />ing up a fair that we can all take part in, thay are to be <br />commended. But now an we are ready to put up buildi gs, we <br />must have State approval to match funds and ideas an conti- <br />nuing to make this a true Courty Fairgrounds. <br />The Indian River County Farm Bureau has available at this <br />time $75,000.00 to spend on.an Agricultural Exhibit bailding <br />for All Agricultural interests of this county W Uld have <br />a lot more, plus get matching funds from the natee,cony if <br />we have a bonafide County Fair run by a Fair Board o0all <br />interests in the County. But unless this is a State sanc" <br />tioned County Fair, for the county and fairgrounds, the State <br />will not take part in improving and helping us to mat our <br />fairgrounds a real benefit to all Of us, especially the youth <br />of our county. We cannot keep talking about helping the <br />fairgrounds and the youth by putting up a building unless we <br />are a real County Fairg approved by the State, and have <br />County guidelines protecting our investment. <br />, <br />We urge you to take action on this now. <br />ment to this project as it means a lot <br />County. <br />Thank youv <br />� <br />'Lbts make a commit - <br />to a lot of uspin this <br />_ <br />Will Barker <br />Chairman Indian River County Farm Bureau <br />Fair Building Committee <br />48 <br />B�� ���� <br />^���8� �� ����8 BOOK <br />